Jolie told Zahara's real mother was dead at the time of adoption

When Angelina Jolie adopted Zahara in 2005, she was told that the tot's biological mother was dead, when she was actually alive and well in Ethiopia. It has been discovered that not only is Zahara's mother, Mentewab Dawit Lebiso, alive and fit, but that the man who arranged the baby's adoption has been promoting a campaign of threats and intimidation against her family.

Last week when rumours surfaced that all was not as it appeared with the paperwork, the American headquarters of the international adoption agency Wide Horizons For Children initially insisted that Zahara's mother was dead. And yet in Ethiopia, the man who brought Zahara to the agency knows Mentewab is alive and has been attempting to shut her up.
Mentewab recently came into light after revealing that Zahara was conceived during rape.

When Girma Degu, the man who arranged the adoption for the agency, came to know that Mentewab would be talking to journalists, he threatened to have one of her sisters jailed, reports the Daily Mail. Mentewab said that her mother Almaz Elfneh had already been introduced to Girma by her sister- in-law and he agreed to take the baby after the Kebele gave its consent.

"Girma took the baby to Addis Ababa. He promised he would keep in touch. He said he would bring back the baby to visit after five months and he would send me a picture. He also promised to introduce me to the family that would adopt her," Almaz said.

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